IT’S TIME TO SAMBA WITH THE
THE BRAZILIAN BOMBSHELL
CARMEN MIRANDA COLLECTION
Five Disc Set, Featuring Four New-To-DVD Titles Dances To DVD
June 17 From Fox Home Entertainment
CENTURY CITY, Calif. – Grab your fruit hats and shake things up when the Carmen Miranda Collection debuts as a five-disc set June 17 from Fox Home Entertainment. Paying tribute to the best-loved and most colorful performer from the canon of Fox musicals, the Carmen Miranda Collection features five of the iconic Portuguese star’s most popular films, including Doll Face, Greenwich Village, If I'm Lucky and Something For The Boys, debuting on DVD for the first time. The collection also includes a newly remastered version of The Gang’s All Here. A pop culture phenomenon whose influence remains to this day, Miranda gained fame for popularizing the samba, donning elaborate headdresses made of fruit and wearing her trade-mark sarongs, earning her two nicknames – The Brazilian Bombshell and The Lady in the Tutti Frutti hat. Full of song and dance, the films in the Carmen Miranda Collection include: Doll Face, the story of a woman dismissed from an audition who decides to write a biography to gain culture, but things get out of hand when a ghostwriter is hired to do all the work; Something For The Boys about a group of friends who inherit a southern plantation and in order to convert the space into a hotel they decide to put on a show. Greenwich Village follows a novice composer who falls for a singer while hoping to publish his concert in New York; If I’m Lucky is a musical rendition of a crooner who goes to the extreme when running for State Governor; and in The Gang’s All Here a soldier has a love affair with a showgirl.
The Gang’s All Here also features revealing bonus materials including audio commentary, photo galleries, original theatrical trailer, deleted scenes, featurettes and more. The Carmen Miranda Collection will be available for the suggested retail price of $49.98 U.S./$69.98 Canada. Each title is also available individually for $14.98 U.S./$16.98 Canada. Fox Home Entertainment will also be releasing other popular films starring Carmen Miranda including Weekend In Havana, That Night In Rio and Down Argentine Way, priced separately for $19.98 U.S. / $21.98 Canada. Prebook is May 21, 2008.
MARKETING:
Fox Home Entertainment will support the release of the Carmen Miranda Collection with a comprehensive marketing campaign, featuring targeted national advertising and a publication relations campaign focusing on broadcast, print, radio and online outreach.
The five-disc Carmen Miranda Collection features four new-to-DVD titles:
Doll Face – presented in full screen with English Mono and Stereo sound, Spanish and French subtitles and the following bonus material:
· Isolated Score Track
· Deleted Scene with Optional Commentary by Film Historian John Cork
· Original Theatrical Trailer
· Photo Galleries
As the indomitable character Chita Chula, Carmen Miranda dazzles in several production numbers, most notably “Chico Chico” in this rollicking musical based on a book written by burlesque legend Gypsy Rose Lee. Banned from an audition for a Broadway show because she lacks cultural refinement, “Doll Face” Carroll (Vivian Blaine), decides to generate publicity by writing her autobiography. But after her manager pairs her with a ghostwriter, the two seem to want to collaborate on more than just the book. Also featuring beloved song man Perry Como, Doll Face proves anybody can hit the big time if they have the “write” stuff!
Greenwich Village – presented in full screen with English Mono and Stereo sound, French subtitles and the following bonus material:
· Photo Galleries including advertising collateral, behind-the-scenes, portraits and more Carmen Miranda is a knockout as a singer/fortuneteller in this lavish musical. At first, when ambitious young composer Kenneth Harvey (Don Ameche) stumbles upon Danny's Den, a roaring ‘20s speakeasy in New York’s burgeoning art district, it seems like a great opportunity to work on material. Not to mention, he’s fallen for the club’s headliner (Vivian Blaine). But while Harvey is distracted by love, club owner Danny O'Mara (William Bendix) is secretly lifting Harvey's tunes. Filled with
show-stopping song and dance numbers, including performances by the inimitable Perry Como, Greenwich Village is a musical treasure you’ll want to visit again and again.
If I'm Lucky – presented in full screen with English Mono and Stereo sound, Spanish and French subtitles and the following bonus material:
· Isolated Score Track
· Excerpts from Singing With The Stars featuring Carmen Miranda
· Original Theatrical Trailer
· Photo Galleries including advertising collateral, behind-the-scenes, portraits and more
This vivacious remake of the film “Thanks A Million” stars Hollywood legends Carmen Miranda, Perry Como, Edgar Buchanan, Vivian Blaine and Harry James. When the vocalist (Como) for an underemployed swing band is hired to perform at a gubernatorial candidate’s rally, he’s delighted. But before he realizes it, he’s part of a corrupt scheme to make him the candidate! And even after he tells the public that his backers are crooks, he still wins the election! Featuring Miranda’s dynamic numbers “Follow The Band,” and “Bet Your Bottom Dollar,” this classic hit is one you’ll feel lucky to add to your DVD collection.
Something For The Boys –– presented in full screen with English Mono and Stereo sound, Spanish and French subtitles and the following bonus material:
· Carmen Miranda: That Girl >From Rio Documentary – four part documentary including “Coming to America,” “The Spirit Of Brazil,” “Hollywood” and “After Fox”
· Photo Galleries
Carmen Miranda joins Vivian Blaine and Phil Silvers in this energized musical comedy. “T” is for trouble when three cousins – Blossom (Blaine), Chiquita (Miranda) and Harry (Silvers) Hart inherit a Texas plantation. Realizing their property is plagued by overdue taxes and under-fed termites, the Harts are thrilled when an army sergeant (Michael O'Shea) offers to convert the place into a home for army wives. So, in the meantime, the Harts put on a show to raise money for Uncle Sam! Filled with love, laughs and some of Cole Porter’s most beloved songs, including “Hey, Good Lookin'” and “Could It Be You?,” there’s something for everyone in Something For The Boys!
The final title, The Gang’s All Here, is fully remastered, presented in a full screen, with English Mono and Stereo sound, Spanish and French subtitles and the following bonus material:
· Commentary by Film Professor Drew Casper
· Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star featurette
· Deleted Scene: The $64 Question
· Alice Faye’s Last Film: We Are Still Here!
· The Phil Harris – Alice Faye original Radio Broadcasts:
o A Movie For Alice (November 11, 1946)
o Phil Harris – Movie Star (April 24, 1949)
· Original Theatrical Trailer
· Photo Galleries
In this Busby Berkeley delight, chorus girl Eadie Allen (Alice Faye) meets and falls for Sergeant Andy Mason (James Ellison) just before he’s shipped off to war. The good news is that Eadie becomes the club’s headliner, and Andy returns home a war hero. The bad news: Andy is unofficially engaged to another woman. Enter Eadie’s friend and co-star Dorita (Carmen Miranda), who’s determined to set things straight between the two lovers. Filled with lavish musical productions, including Miranda's famed Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat, The Gang’s All Here should dance its way into any classic musical DVD collection!
Carmen Miranda Collection
Street Date: June 17th, 2008
Pre-book Date: May 21, 2008
DVD Price: $49.98 U.S. / $69.98 Canada
Catalog #: 2252011
Doll Face
Price: $14.98
Running Time: 80 minutes
Catalog Number: 2252001
Rating: NR
Closed Captioned: Yes
Greenwich Village
Price: $14.98
Running Time: 82 minutes
Catalog Number: 2252003
Rating: NR
Closed Captioned: Yes
If I'm Lucky
Price: $14.98
Running Time: 80 minutes
Catalog Number: 2252005
Rating: NR
Closed Captioned: Yes
Something For The Boys
Price: $14.98
Running Time: 87 minutes
Catalog Number: 2252007
Rating: NR
Closed Captioned: Yes
The Gang’s All Here
Price: $14.98
Running Time: 103 minutes
Catalog Number: 2252009
Rating: NR
Closed Captioned: Yes
Weekend In Havana
Price: $14.98
Running Time: 81 minutes
Catalog Number: 2232560
Rating: NR
Closed Captioned: Yes
That Night In Rio
Price: $14.98
Running Time: 91 minutes
Catalog Number: 2240374
Rating: NR
Closed Captioned: Yes
Down Argentine Way
Price: $14.98
Running Time: 89 minutes
Catalog Number: 2234478
Rating: NR
Closed Captioned: Yes
THE BRAZILIAN BOMBSHELL
CARMEN MIRANDA COLLECTION
Five Disc Set, Featuring Four New-To-DVD Titles Dances To DVD
June 17 From Fox Home Entertainment
CENTURY CITY, Calif. – Grab your fruit hats and shake things up when the Carmen Miranda Collection debuts as a five-disc set June 17 from Fox Home Entertainment. Paying tribute to the best-loved and most colorful performer from the canon of Fox musicals, the Carmen Miranda Collection features five of the iconic Portuguese star’s most popular films, including Doll Face, Greenwich Village, If I'm Lucky and Something For The Boys, debuting on DVD for the first time. The collection also includes a newly remastered version of The Gang’s All Here. A pop culture phenomenon whose influence remains to this day, Miranda gained fame for popularizing the samba, donning elaborate headdresses made of fruit and wearing her trade-mark sarongs, earning her two nicknames – The Brazilian Bombshell and The Lady in the Tutti Frutti hat. Full of song and dance, the films in the Carmen Miranda Collection include: Doll Face, the story of a woman dismissed from an audition who decides to write a biography to gain culture, but things get out of hand when a ghostwriter is hired to do all the work; Something For The Boys about a group of friends who inherit a southern plantation and in order to convert the space into a hotel they decide to put on a show. Greenwich Village follows a novice composer who falls for a singer while hoping to publish his concert in New York; If I’m Lucky is a musical rendition of a crooner who goes to the extreme when running for State Governor; and in The Gang’s All Here a soldier has a love affair with a showgirl.
The Gang’s All Here also features revealing bonus materials including audio commentary, photo galleries, original theatrical trailer, deleted scenes, featurettes and more. The Carmen Miranda Collection will be available for the suggested retail price of $49.98 U.S./$69.98 Canada. Each title is also available individually for $14.98 U.S./$16.98 Canada. Fox Home Entertainment will also be releasing other popular films starring Carmen Miranda including Weekend In Havana, That Night In Rio and Down Argentine Way, priced separately for $19.98 U.S. / $21.98 Canada. Prebook is May 21, 2008.
MARKETING:
Fox Home Entertainment will support the release of the Carmen Miranda Collection with a comprehensive marketing campaign, featuring targeted national advertising and a publication relations campaign focusing on broadcast, print, radio and online outreach.
The five-disc Carmen Miranda Collection features four new-to-DVD titles:
Doll Face – presented in full screen with English Mono and Stereo sound, Spanish and French subtitles and the following bonus material:
· Isolated Score Track
· Deleted Scene with Optional Commentary by Film Historian John Cork
· Original Theatrical Trailer
· Photo Galleries
As the indomitable character Chita Chula, Carmen Miranda dazzles in several production numbers, most notably “Chico Chico” in this rollicking musical based on a book written by burlesque legend Gypsy Rose Lee. Banned from an audition for a Broadway show because she lacks cultural refinement, “Doll Face” Carroll (Vivian Blaine), decides to generate publicity by writing her autobiography. But after her manager pairs her with a ghostwriter, the two seem to want to collaborate on more than just the book. Also featuring beloved song man Perry Como, Doll Face proves anybody can hit the big time if they have the “write” stuff!
Greenwich Village – presented in full screen with English Mono and Stereo sound, French subtitles and the following bonus material:
· Photo Galleries including advertising collateral, behind-the-scenes, portraits and more Carmen Miranda is a knockout as a singer/fortuneteller in this lavish musical. At first, when ambitious young composer Kenneth Harvey (Don Ameche) stumbles upon Danny's Den, a roaring ‘20s speakeasy in New York’s burgeoning art district, it seems like a great opportunity to work on material. Not to mention, he’s fallen for the club’s headliner (Vivian Blaine). But while Harvey is distracted by love, club owner Danny O'Mara (William Bendix) is secretly lifting Harvey's tunes. Filled with
show-stopping song and dance numbers, including performances by the inimitable Perry Como, Greenwich Village is a musical treasure you’ll want to visit again and again.
If I'm Lucky – presented in full screen with English Mono and Stereo sound, Spanish and French subtitles and the following bonus material:
· Isolated Score Track
· Excerpts from Singing With The Stars featuring Carmen Miranda
· Original Theatrical Trailer
· Photo Galleries including advertising collateral, behind-the-scenes, portraits and more
This vivacious remake of the film “Thanks A Million” stars Hollywood legends Carmen Miranda, Perry Como, Edgar Buchanan, Vivian Blaine and Harry James. When the vocalist (Como) for an underemployed swing band is hired to perform at a gubernatorial candidate’s rally, he’s delighted. But before he realizes it, he’s part of a corrupt scheme to make him the candidate! And even after he tells the public that his backers are crooks, he still wins the election! Featuring Miranda’s dynamic numbers “Follow The Band,” and “Bet Your Bottom Dollar,” this classic hit is one you’ll feel lucky to add to your DVD collection.
Something For The Boys –– presented in full screen with English Mono and Stereo sound, Spanish and French subtitles and the following bonus material:
· Carmen Miranda: That Girl >From Rio Documentary – four part documentary including “Coming to America,” “The Spirit Of Brazil,” “Hollywood” and “After Fox”
· Photo Galleries
Carmen Miranda joins Vivian Blaine and Phil Silvers in this energized musical comedy. “T” is for trouble when three cousins – Blossom (Blaine), Chiquita (Miranda) and Harry (Silvers) Hart inherit a Texas plantation. Realizing their property is plagued by overdue taxes and under-fed termites, the Harts are thrilled when an army sergeant (Michael O'Shea) offers to convert the place into a home for army wives. So, in the meantime, the Harts put on a show to raise money for Uncle Sam! Filled with love, laughs and some of Cole Porter’s most beloved songs, including “Hey, Good Lookin'” and “Could It Be You?,” there’s something for everyone in Something For The Boys!
The final title, The Gang’s All Here, is fully remastered, presented in a full screen, with English Mono and Stereo sound, Spanish and French subtitles and the following bonus material:
· Commentary by Film Professor Drew Casper
· Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star featurette
· Deleted Scene: The $64 Question
· Alice Faye’s Last Film: We Are Still Here!
· The Phil Harris – Alice Faye original Radio Broadcasts:
o A Movie For Alice (November 11, 1946)
o Phil Harris – Movie Star (April 24, 1949)
· Original Theatrical Trailer
· Photo Galleries
In this Busby Berkeley delight, chorus girl Eadie Allen (Alice Faye) meets and falls for Sergeant Andy Mason (James Ellison) just before he’s shipped off to war. The good news is that Eadie becomes the club’s headliner, and Andy returns home a war hero. The bad news: Andy is unofficially engaged to another woman. Enter Eadie’s friend and co-star Dorita (Carmen Miranda), who’s determined to set things straight between the two lovers. Filled with lavish musical productions, including Miranda's famed Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat, The Gang’s All Here should dance its way into any classic musical DVD collection!
Carmen Miranda Collection
Street Date: June 17th, 2008
Pre-book Date: May 21, 2008
DVD Price: $49.98 U.S. / $69.98 Canada
Catalog #: 2252011
Doll Face
Price: $14.98
Running Time: 80 minutes
Catalog Number: 2252001
Rating: NR
Closed Captioned: Yes
Greenwich Village
Price: $14.98
Running Time: 82 minutes
Catalog Number: 2252003
Rating: NR
Closed Captioned: Yes
If I'm Lucky
Price: $14.98
Running Time: 80 minutes
Catalog Number: 2252005
Rating: NR
Closed Captioned: Yes
Something For The Boys
Price: $14.98
Running Time: 87 minutes
Catalog Number: 2252007
Rating: NR
Closed Captioned: Yes
The Gang’s All Here
Price: $14.98
Running Time: 103 minutes
Catalog Number: 2252009
Rating: NR
Closed Captioned: Yes
Weekend In Havana
Price: $14.98
Running Time: 81 minutes
Catalog Number: 2232560
Rating: NR
Closed Captioned: Yes
That Night In Rio
Price: $14.98
Running Time: 91 minutes
Catalog Number: 2240374
Rating: NR
Closed Captioned: Yes
Down Argentine Way
Price: $14.98
Running Time: 89 minutes
Catalog Number: 2234478
Rating: NR
Closed Captioned: Yes
